Analysis & Commentary
Iran Agent Monitoring Chabad Arrested in Bulgaria
Bulgarian police officers last summer arrested a Canadian citizen linked to the Iranian government who engaged in surveillance of the local Chabad center in the capital of Sofia, a well-placed...
In Europe, a Growing Case for Banning Hezbollah
In the wake of several recent high-profile cases incriminating Hezbollah in Europe, there are growing cracks in the European Union's policy on the Lebanese terror group.
Bulgaria: Bomber Used 3kg. of TNT in Burgas Attack
Bulgarian authorities released new evidence on Tuesday about the amount of explosives used in the alleged Hezbollah bombing of an Israeli tour bus in the Black Sea city of Burgas in July...
‘Iranian Militia Monitored Bulgarian Synagogue’
A US-based think tank report has uncovered surveillance by Iranian militia Qods Force of the only synagogue in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. This suggests possible preparations for terrorist activity...
Dutch FM: EU May Blacklist Hezbollah After Probe
The Netherlands’ Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans stressed on Monday the Dutch position that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization and ought to be banned from European soil. Separately, former Dutch foreign...
Making Sense of Hamas’s Visit to Bulgaria
The arrival of three Hamas representatives in Bulgaria last week – believed to have obtained their visas in Cairo – and their forced exit on Friday after less than 48 hours on EU territory appears to have caught...
Why Doesn’t Europe Think Hezbollah Is a Terror Group?
The rift over counterterrorism strategy between the United States and its trans-Atlantic partners will likely be on display next week in Brussels, where European foreign ministers are slated to discuss the Bulgarian...
Bulgarian Government Denies Meetings with Hamas
The Bulgarian government flatly rejected on Thursday meetings between official representatives of the government and Hamas. Vessela Tcherneva, the spokeswoman for the Bulgarian foreign ministry, told...
EU Hesitant to Blacklist Hezbollah
Three men of Lebanese origin carrying Western passports traveled from Beirut to Warsaw, Poland, and then took the train to Sofia, Bulgaria. On July 18, 2012, one of them, who was carrying a backpack...
The John Batchelor Show
The Bulgaria bus bombing and the EU's stance on Hezbollah.
Blaming Terrorists for Terrorism
Yesterday the Bulgarian government announced the results of its investigation into the July 18, 2012 bus bombing that killed 5 Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver in the city of Burgas.
Europe’s Hezbollah Problem
Since the Lebanese political movement Hezbollah's inception in 1982, the group's relations with the European Union have been characterized by a fragmented policy filled with complex diplomatic maneuvers.
Three Cheers for Bulgaria’s Indictment of Hezbollah’s Terror
Defying substantial German and French pressure to not explicitly name Hezbollah as the terror group behind the bombing of a tour bus that killed one Bulgarian national and five Israelis in July 2012...
Power & Politics
FDD's Mark Dubowitz joins Fen Hampson and Ray Boisvert to discuss the implications of allegations that a Canadian dual-national was involved in a bus bombing in Bulgaria.
Obama Needs to Push EU to Ban Hezbollah
Senator Joseph Lieberman (I., Conn.) sponsored a resolution earlier this month urging “the President to make available to European allies and the European public information about Hizballah’s terrorist activities.”
Iranian Terror and Obama’s Misguided Terror Forum
Iran and its terror subsidiary, the Lebanon-based Hezbollah, appear to be responsible for a suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, which killed seven people and wounded 33 on Wednesday.
The John Batchelor Show
Developments with Iran and the Burgas bombing.
Suicide Bomber Targeted Israeli Tourists in Bulgaria
The blast that killed seven people, including five Israelis, on bus at an airport in Burgas yesterday was carried out by a suicide bomber dressed as a Western tourist, the Bulgarian government said.
The Bulgarian Terror Attack Shows Why We Must Honour the Munich 11 in London
Terrorists who attack civilian targets are cowards at the best of times. But killers such as those who blew up a bus carrying Israeli youth in the Bulgarian resort city of Burgas on Wednesday fall into a special category.
Bombs in Bulgaria and Syria
A bus carrying mostly Israeli youth in a Bulgaria exploded near an airport Wednesday, killing at least 5 people and wounding at least 33 others, Bulgaria interior minister told local news stations.
